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  • Hola, La Pulga: Messi mania peaks as Kol decks up for reunion with legend after 14 yrs

    Kolkata: As the city waited with bated breath for its reunion with Lionel Messi after a gap of 14 long years, the atmosphere around the Salt Lake stadium turned carnivalesque. From early Friday morning, crowds began gathering outside the ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Up to 2 crore voters may have to appear in hearing

    Kolkata: Around 30 lakh Bengal voters whose enumeration forms did not map with the last SIR roll of any state/UT, including Bengal's 2002 SIR roll, will be called for a hearing after Dec 16. In addition, close to 1.6 ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    5 Kol assembly segments top in voters dropping off draft roll

    Kolkata: Chowringhee, Shyampukur, Kolkata Port, Ballygunge, Jadavpur and Kasba are among the assembly constituencies in and around Kolkata that will witness the highest number of voter deletions from the draft SIR roll to be published on Dec 16.Going by ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Largest notes, currencies for lepers, prisoners at Kolkata show

    Kolkata: The largest currency notes ever issued, including one almost the size of an A3 sheet printed earlier this year by the East African nation of Burundi, are being showcased at the three-day exhibition that began in the city ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Orange Line: State tells HC it will meet RVNL on Dec 17

    Kolkata: The state in its report to Calcutta High Court on Friday stated it will sit with the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited representative at 5 pm at Metro Bhavan on Dec 17 to thrash out the imbroglio at Chingrighata, ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Airport uploads passenger feedback on social media in bid to rebuild confidence

    Kolkata: In a bid to rebuild passenger confidence during the peak winter rush, Kolkata airport has begun taking feedback from transiting flyers and sharing some of the responses on social media. This underscores that operations have returned to normal ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Flyers breathe easy as all IndiGo flights set to return to Kol next week

    Kolkata: After a week of anxiety and relentless checking of flight schedules, IndiGo passengers flying out of Kolkata can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Full normalcy in operations is set to return from Monday, with all scheduled flights ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    Taratala bridge to stay shut till Tues

    Kolkata: If you are commuting from either Behala, Maheshtala, Joka and beyond towards the city centre, get ready to relive the pain of commuting as suffered when the old Majerhat Bridge collapsed. The Taratala Bridge will be shut from ...

    13 December 2025 Times of India
    57,000 Bengal voters have not returned SIR form, names to be kept out of draft list

    KOLKATA: At a time when most Bengal voters are busy tracking the special intensive revision of electoral rolls and keeping themselves abreast of the changing rules, a small minority feels retaining their voting rights is not so important.According to ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Minor’s consent invalid, Calcutta HC tells Pocso convict

    KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a man under Pocso Act, saying a minor girl is “incapable of giving valid consent” because a child may not know the consequences of a sexual relationship.A Sealdah court ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Watch: At 70-ft tall, 'world's largest Messi statue' erected in Kolkata ahead of GOAT tour; Z-category shield for football king

    KOLKATA: Kolkata is preparing for a moment many in the football-loving city have dreamt of for years, as Lionel Messi is set to arrive on 13 December. In the northern suburb of Lake Town, the Sree Bhumi Sporting Club ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, mild temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is experiencing a sunny and pleasant day on December 12, 2025, with temperatures ranging ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Vidyasagar Setu weekend closures till May 2026

    Kolkata: The Vidyasagar Setu will be shut for eight hours this Sunday. Both cops and engineers from HRBC have hinted that these weekend shutdowns—occurring almost every week except for the Christmas week and other major festivals—will continue at least ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Mamata: Will sit on dharna if genuine voters are deleted during SIR

    Krishnanagar/Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday she would sit on dharna if the name of even one genuine voter gets deleted during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls. The CM called Union home minister Amit ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Cabby traps man’s hand in window, drags him for 80 m

    Kolkata: In a road rage incident on Dec 10, a 49-year-old man was dragged around 80 meters by a taxi after he confronted the driver for illegal parking around 7.45 am in front of the 3A govt bus stand ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Ferrari crash: Luxury car had a history of speeding

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police will seek help of engineers from Ferrari to study the reasons that led to one of their cars getting involved in an accident on Hospital Road near Victoria Memorial on Tuesday. Police said the car had ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Chaos, abuse, fear: IndiGo staff recall crisis trauma

    Kolkata: Angry flyers screamed at them, profanities were hurled from all directions, phones were snatched away and work terminals were damaged. IndiGo Airlines ground staff at Kolkata airport, who endured 60 hours of extreme stress and tension from midnight ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    337 flights, 55k flyers but 7% shy of normal services

    Kolkata: A week after the city airport hit an air pocket with IndiGo Airlines cancelling 80% of flights, the airport is still 7% short on flight and passenger count compared to the eve of the crisis on Dec 2. ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Indian football crisis: ISL clubs turn up the heat on AIFF

    Kolkata: Indian football seems to be chasing a mirage as the future of the top league continues to be swamped in uncertainty. A day after the All India Football Federation appeared to be ready to play ball with Indian ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    3 arrested for assault on patty sellers, out on bail

    Kolkata: Three persons were arrested by the Kolkata Police on Thursday for allegedly assaulting two patty sellers — Sk Riyajul (50) and Md Salauddin (60) — on Sunday during a Gita recital on the Brigade Grounds. The arrested individuals ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    NT healthcare gets a boost with hospital starting child-care facility, others to follow

    Kolkata: Several private hospitals in Kolkata are ready to set up units at New Town from 2026 to 2028, including those for cancer, critical care, gastro care, and mother-child centres. Some are also preparing to launch IVF units and ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Poll booths must at high-rises with over 500 voters, hints EC

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Thursday indicated that polling booths would be set up in all housing complexes in Kolkata, which had more than 500 voters, with or without the consent of the occupants. District Election Officers (DEO)s were ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    This is Bengal, not UP: Mamata slams assault on patty-sellers

    Kolkata/Krishnanagar: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condemned the assault on two patty-sellers at the Brigade Ground during a Gita recital event on Sunday and said, "At every gathering, there are hawkers who sell food. You have beaten a poor ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Cong plans Constitution recital event

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Pradesh Congress, in response to the mass chanting of religious texts, will organize a mass recital of the Indian Constitution on Dec 20. Protecting the secular tenets of the statute was the need of the ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    SIMEST signs MoU with ICC

    Kolkata: SIMEST, a company owned by CDP Group that supports international growth of Italian enterprises, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), one of India's oldest business organizations. The agreement was formalized during ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Airtel, Jio vie for top spot in Bengal, Vi loses subscribers

    Kolkata: The race for the top spot for telecommunications in Bengal is heating up between Bharti Airtel and Jio over the past few months, while Vi emerged as net loser, according to the data from Trai.The same is true ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Guv wants to shift vote from Kerala to Bengal

    Kolkata: Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose wants to vote in the 2026 Bengal assembly polls, and for this, he plans to shift his vote from Kerala to Bengal and register as a voter of the Chowringhee assembly seat, where ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Focus on 40 at city numismatic society’s 40th anniversary

    Kolkata: Numismatic Society of Calcutta (NSC), which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, will exhibit currency notes of 40 denomination, issued by eight countries, at its flagship event, Mudra Utsav.Debkumar Pal, a member of NSC as well as the International ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    11th tweak at 11th hour keeps voters, BLOs on tenterhooks

    Kolkata: Several electors, who had filled their enumeration forms, linking their voting rights with their grandparents', uncles' or aunts', whose names were on the 2002 SIR list, started receiving calls from their booth-level officers (BLO)s on Thursday night, hours ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Lost-luggage backlog piles up even as disruptions ease

    Kolkata: The wave of flight disruptions may be easing but the struggle to recover missing baggage shows no sign of ending.TOI came across a pile of over 50 unclaimed IndiGo bags on Thursday. At least 20 passengers were combing ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    SOPs chalked out in Dec 1 fog meet helped Kolkata airport handle IndiGo meltdown

    Kolkata: A coordination meeting on fog preparedness, held at the city airport on Dec 1, proved crucial in handling the crisis that unfolded only four days later when IndiGo cancelled 89 departing flights to reset its operations. While thousands ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Will my flight take off? Lack of clarity keeps passengers guessing

    Kolkata: Will my flight take off? That is now the question dominating IndiGo's customer care lines, WhatsApp channels, and social media pages with flyers desperately seeking clarity from the airline.IndiGo said although it was not possible to provide a ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    SC upholds HC order, directs govt to give RG Kar posting to Mahata

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Calcutta High Court's decision and ordered that Aniket Mahata be posted at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in two weeks. The state approached the SC against Calcutta High Court's order ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Truck driver named prime accused in FIR, still on the run

    Kolkata: Abdul Alim Molla, the truck driver from Laukhali in Sandeshkhali, who was named in the FIR as the prime accused in Wednesday's accident that killed two persons — including Satyajit, the younger son of Bholanath Ghosh, a key ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Cons pose as MD of Kol hosp, dupe colleague into transferring 94 lakh

    Kolkata: The vice-president (finance) of Charnock Hospitals was duped into transferring Rs 94 lakh after fraudsters posing as the hospital's MD contacted him on WhatsApp and allegedly used a doctored display photograph to pressure him into making an urgent ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Meet & solve Chingrighata impasse: HC to state, RVNL

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) to sit and thrash out the imbroglio at Chingrighata, a spot that falls along the Orange Line between Garia and Kolkata airport. A division ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    ASDD list to be on DEO, CEO websites

    Kolkata: A list of absent, shifted or dead/duplicate (ASDD) persons, whose names were mentioned in the Bengal's electoral roll on Oct 27, would be published on respective DEO/DM as well as on the CEO websites, the EC said, adding ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Meet on EC rules for poll

    Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal on Thursday held a meeting with the representatives of 25 state and central enforcement agencies to discuss EC guidelines on any illegal attempt at influencing voters during elections. The agencies were told to maintain close ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Santiniketan Pous Mela from Dec 23

    Kolkata/Suri: The Pous Mela at Santiniketan will be held from Dec 23 to 28 at the Purba Palli Mela Ground this year. It will be organised jointly by Visva-Bharati (VB) and Santiniketan Trust. It was decided at a meeting ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    24-page answer sheets to cut paper use in HS semester IV

    Kolkata: The higher secondary education council has specified a 12-leaf (24 pages) answer sheet designated for semester four examinees. "In general, loose sheets for the semester IV examination are highly discouraged except under extreme urgency," the guideline issued by ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Progeny mapping covers 50% voters

    Slightly over 50% voters in Bengal were not found in the 2002 SIR roll and they were progeny-mapped or linked to their parents or grandparents who were on the earlier list, said an EC official. "Of 7.6 crore voters ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Roll observer faces protests in Falta

    Kolkata: C Murugan, roll observer for South 24 Parganas and south Kolkata, on reaching Falta on Thursday, was confronted by women, who demanded the release of funds for 100-day-work scheme. Murugan was visiting some homes in Harindanga to verify ...

    12 December 2025 Times of India
    Biker dies in EM Bypass accident

    Kolkata: A 23-year-old resident of Durganagar in North 24 Parganas, Alokesh Halder, died after he lost control of his bike on EM Bypass near Metro Cash & Carry at 1.30 am on Wednesday. Cops said Halder was not wearing ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Can’t stay here any longer’: Vendor thrashed over non-veg snacks at Gita event leaves Kolkata; returns to hometown

    By Sudipto Das & Biplab BhattacharyyaKOLKATA: Sk Riyajul, who was assaulted and subjected to religious taunts for selling non-veg snacks at the mass recital of Gita on the Maidan last Sunday, has had enough.The 50-year-old, who earned a living ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Tourists throng Darj cafe even as Glenary’s, excise exchange blows

    Darjeeling: The war of words between Glenary's Bakery and Cafe and the Bengal excise department escalated on Wednesday, as the iconic Darjeeling landmark — established in 1885 — shut down its bar and singing section for 90 days. While ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘This is 100% murder’: Truck hits vehicle of Sandeshkhali gang-rape case witness, son dies; kin claim driver 'known to them'

    KOLKATA: A key witness in CBI and ED land-grab cases against Sandeshkhali gang-rape accused Sheikh Shahjahan narrowly escaped death after a 10-wheeler truck bludgeoned his car into a roadside ditch while he was on his way to testify in ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Good to eat? Even better to see: Riding the luxury food styling wave in India

    When Netra Mantena–Vamsi Gadiraju’s ‘Billionaire Wedding’ unfolded in Udaipur, the food was not just good to eat. But it was also the star of the show. Luxury food stylist Rakhee Jain, who led the visual direction, recalls the pressure ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Rape charge against accused in SSKM minor abuse case

    Kolkata: The city cops have filed a comprehensive charge sheet against the accused, ‘to' Amit Mallick, 49 days after an incident where a minor was sexually abused at SSKM Hospital in Oct. The charge sheet, submitted on Tuesday in ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    HS students to get 10 mins to read questions

    Kolkata: HS examinees, in the fourth-semester examinations, will get 10 minutes to read questions before they start writing. West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education recently made this decision, which has been sent to Bikash Bhawan for approval. Students ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Fire dept, KMC, cops check 12 rooftop restos

    Kolkata: A joint team of officials from the state fire services department, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), and cops conducted an inspection drive at a dozen rooftop restaurants in some prime south Kolkata locations on Wednesday. The purpose was ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Spl team to probe attack on patty sellers at Gita event

    Kolkata: The south division cops have formed a special team comprising officers from Maidan Police and the cyber cells, to track down the accused involved in assaulting two patty sellers, Sk Riyajul (50) and Md Salauddin (60), during a ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Fans warm up early as Kolkata lines up for Messi event kick-off

    Kolkata: For 11-year-old Akash Das, the weekend can't come fast enough — not for a party or a play date, but to watch his hero live. Similarly, Souvik Bhar has unearthed his prized — so what it's dusty — ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Revise class 4 history: TMC on Anurag’s ‘Vande Bharat’ gaffe

    Kolkata: "Revise class 4 history before speaking in public," said Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, taking aim at BJP MP Anurag Thakur after the former Union minister said "Vande Bharat" instead of "Vande Mataram" at least twice during Monday's Lok ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Flip-flop-flip: Last-min app update sparks confusion

    Kolkata: The introduction of a new feature — BLO-BLA MOM (Minutes of meeting) — on the BLO app just 24 hours before the completion of the SIR exercise in the state left booth-level officers confused on Wednesday. This is ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Govt punishment for IndiGo sends hol plans into tailspin

    Kolkata: Hundreds of holidayers booked on IndiGo Airlines to various destinations during the winter vacation are faced with uncertainty. They are unsure if their pre-booked flights will operate or be among the 200-plus flights that will be axed by ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    JU engineering council allows lateral entry to second year

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University engineering faculty council on Wednesday gave in to students' demand and agreed to admit second-year students through Joint Entrance Lateral Entry Test (JELET) this year. JELET is conducted by WBJEE Board to facilitate admission to the ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Shoot for the stars, India’s space science future bright’

    Kolkata: The sky is not the limit for India and for youngsters aspiring to be astronauts someday. The message landed in the auditorium of the Indian Centre for Space Physics off EM Bypass when Shubhanshu Shukla, the country's first ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Finally at her home in Birbhum, Sunali now prays for hubby’s return

    Kolkata/Suri: Following her release from hospital, Sunali Khatun finally went to her Birbhum home on Wednesday afternoon. Picked up by Delhi cops in June, the pregnant 26-year-old woman was pushed into Bangladesh and had to stay in a jail ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Last set of stranded flyers leaves Kol, departures hit a ton after a week

    Kolkata: The last batch of IndiGo passengers stranded in the city following last week's mass cancellations finally departed on Wednesday. IndiGo's operations at Kolkata airport, which hit a low of 37 flight departures on Dec 5, made a steady ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    AI steps up game, tries to fill IndiGo vacuum in fog season

    Kolkata: In light of recent disruptions in the aviation sector, Air India (AI) is stepping up its game to ensure a seamless travel experience for its passengers during the challenging fog season. With focus on aircraft to crew, AI ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Dad, son crash Ferrari into median near Victoria, injure PWD staffer

    Kolkata: At least four persons were reportedly injured — two of them seriously — after a high-end luxury car, a Ferrari, spiralled out of control, hit a lamp post, and then a roadside tree in the middle of Hospital ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    All flights from Kol go full, wide-body aircraft deployed to handle rush

    Kolkata: All flights operating out of Kolkata airport are registering full, including those of IndiGo, despite the airline's mass cancellations and delays last week that shook passenger confidence.An official said all flights, which flew out of Kolkata on Monday, ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    6 out of 23 shopping centres in city have less than 50% shops open

    Kolkata: One in four shopping centres in the city has been classified as a ‘ghost facility', given the high number of vacant shops and prolonged underperformance. Real estate consultancy firm Knight India reviewed 365 shopping centres in 32 cities ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Bongaon civic body chief finally resigns

    Kolkata: After days of holding on to his seat despite a party instruction, Bongaon municipality chairman Gopal Seth finally stepped down on Wednesday morning. Following this, councillors took out celebratory rallies .With assembly polls ahead, TMC leadership directed several ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Hijras enter prof’s Behala home, demand 1L, thrash elderly mom

    Kolkata: A senior citizen residing in a flat at Udayan Pally in Behala Thakurpukur, Shib Narayan Roy (65), filed an FIR against a group of transgenders for allegedly assaulting his family on Dec 5 and demanding money following his ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    ISI staffers urge Centre to retain council

    Kolkata: The Workers' Association of the Indian Statistical Institute has urged the Centre not to replace the council structure with the board of governors in the ISI Bill 2025. It is also wary of the efforts to shift the ...

    11 December 2025 Times of India
    Apologise: CM, party keep up ‘Bankim insult’ heat in Parl and outside

    Kolkata/New Delhi: Was Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay "some Shyam-da or Hari-da", CM Mamata Banerjee asked PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday, as the Trinamool stepped up its protests in the Parliament and on Kolkata streets a day after the latter called ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    'No govt can be formed without me': Humayun Kabir claims he will be 'kingmaker' in Bengal polls; TMC says 'daydreaming'

    KOLKATA: Suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir on Tuesday claimed he would emerge as a "kingmaker" in the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections, asserting that no government could be formed without the support of his proposed new political outfit.Kabir ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    New feature on app to weed out duplicate voters

    Kolkata: The EC on Monday introduced a new feature, Duplicate Elector Verification, in the BLO App to identify duplicate voters, based on demographic or photo similarity. The EC provided records from the registrar of deaths and UIDAI data on ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Glenary’s bar & live music sections closed for 90 days, Edwards says move ‘politically motivated’

    Darjeeling: The iconic Glenary's Bakery and Café in Darjeeling, established in 1885, has shut its bar and live music section for 90 days following an excise department raid on Monday, the sudden closure coming at a time when tourism ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Mamata trains SIR guns on EC, links Feb final rolls to poll call

    Kolkata/New Delhi: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission would announce the Bengal assembly polls immediately after publication of the final voters' list in Feb to prevent any legal challenge to it following the Special Intensive ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    ZSI scientists discover two new species of jumping spiders in Meghalaya

    Kolkata: In a significant boost to India's biodiversity records, scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered two new species of jumping spiders in Meghalaya, one of the world's richest ecological frontiers. The species — Asemonea dentis ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    2 men assaulted for selling chicken puffs to Gita recital attendees

    Kolkata: Two persons who have been selling chicken puffs in the Esplanade area for years lodged FIRs on Tuesday alleging that a few men assaulted them, hurled religious abuses at them and threw away the food for selling non-veg ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Nothing called digi arrest: Cop advice on e-security

    Kolkata: Being aware and alert, not sharing anything instantaneously with unknown callers, not divulging bank details are some of the simple steps that people should remember to avoid falling prey to cyber crooks, who are duping citizens of crores ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Woman, mom found living with dad’s body

    Kolkata: A woman (35) and her ailing mother (51) had been living with the body of the former's father, Sumit Sen (64), for 72 hours in their Kasba flat. Neighbours in the Bosepukur area, concerned by a foul odour ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    St Xavier’s Univ plans nursing & medical colleges

    Kolkata: St Xavier's University planned to start a school of nursing and a medical college was expected in two years, said vice-chancellor Father Felix Raj on Tuesday. Father Felix will write to CM Mamata Banerjee, seeking more land for ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Kabir left ‘friendless’ as parties, barring BJP, shun his ‘politics of polarization’

    Kolkata: Humayun Kabir looks friendless in Bengal politics with every major party — Trinamool, BJP, Congress and CPM — distancing themselves from the 62-year-old Bharatpur MLA and his antics. However, the underlying feeling among all (barring BJP) is what ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Artistes miss concerts in peak performance season

    KOLKATA: The aviation crisis has disrupted the Indian classical music community, particularly during peak performance season when musicians rely heavily on air travel. Artists like Pt Bickram Ghosh were forced to cancel their concerts due to flight cancellations. Meanwhile, ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    7-yr jail for anyone caught forging docu: EC

    Kolkata: The EC on Tuesday warned that anyone caught forging govt documents or ID cards during the SIR exercise would face stringent punishment. The warning came following reports of private camps promising documents, like Aadhaar cards, and birth certificates, ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Show-cause notice

    Kolkata: A BLO of the Baruipur East, who continued working despite being removal from duties, ERO and AERO of that constituency were showcaused by the DEO, South 24 Parganas on Tuesday. tnn

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Excellence award to honour Tolly technicians

    Kolkata: The Federation of Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) has launched the Federation Excellence Award to recognise the contributions of technicians in the film and OTT industry. The awards will be presented at Technicians' Studio on ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    From USD to riyal, forex flow in for ‘Babri Masjid’

    Kolkata: Currency notes of multiple countries, including US dollars, Saudi riyal, Malaysian ringgit and Bangladeshi taka, have been deposited in the donation boxes set up by suspended Trinamool Congress neta and Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir for the proposed construction ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    AMPIN may invest over 1k cr in Bengal for clean energy

    Kolkata: Renewable energy solution provider AMPIN Energy Transition, may invest over Rs 1,000 crore in Bengal for advanced solar cell and battery energy storage manufacturing and solar power plants. AMPIN Energy, which has the backing of a group of ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Won’t accept riders, it’s insulting’: CM tears Centre’s letter on 100-day-work scheme

    Cooch Behar/Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday tore a letter from the Union govt while addressing a rally in Cooch Behar and said that her govt would not accept any "rider" on the 100-day-work scheme.Saying that she had received ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Trains carry some of the burden, help 6k passengers

    Kolkata: Railways came to the rescue of passengers affected by the Indigo meltdown. Between Eastern and South-Eastern Railways, at least 6,000 stranded flyers travelled from Kolkata to places like Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Guwahati since Saturday. "During the last ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Not aware of parents’ names’, 30% Sonagachhi residents skip SIR forms

    Kolkata: Hundreds of sex workers at Sonagachhi, one of the oldest and largest red-light areas of the subcontinent, converged on the EC camps on Tuesday morning, seeking help to secure their identities and citizenship. Unaware of their family lineage, ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Don’t play politics over Vande Mataram: Bankim’s kin to parties

    Kolkata: Let ‘Vande Mataram' be kept above politics, urged Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's descendants on Tuesday and have also objected to PM Narendra Modi's informal ‘Bankimda' address."Bankim Chandra is being used politically. We want no politicization. Keep Bankim Chandra and ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    House checks in last round, BLOs, voters race towards Thurs deadline

    Kolkata: BLOs, racing against time to meet the Thursday SIR deadline, managed to complete 99.7% digitisation of forms by Tuesday afternoon though 10,000 forms still lay undistributed across Bengal.The election roll observer (ERO) for Kolkata South and South 24 ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    First storm, then turbulence spoil New Town couple’s Sri Lanka hols

    Kolkata: What began as a long-awaited dream vacation to Sri Lanka turned into a spiralling ordeal for a septuagenarian New Town couple. From Cyclone Ditwah, airline disruptions to an exhausting train journey without the luggage, 73-year-old former banker Asit ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Thermal drones deployed for night surveillance of elephants in south Bengal

    Midnapore: The forest department in Midnapore division has acquired drones with thermal cameras worth around Rs 10 lakh to monitor elephant movement at night. These are the first thermal camera units to be used in south Bengal, and are ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    First time since Wed, IndiGo ops at Kolkata airport finally reach Destination Normalcy

    Kolkata: On Tuesday, operations at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport returned to the new normal for the first time since the Dec 3 meltdown, with no flight cancellations except for those that IndiGo Airlines had dropped from ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    City air quality worsens as weak winds lead to surge in PM2.5 levels

    Kolkata: Kolkata woke up on Tuesday to dense smog and heavy, stagnant air, as pollution levels climbed steadily through the day and plunged the city into one of its worst air-quality spells this season. By late afternoon, nearly every ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    Probe team runs into wall of anger, questions

    Kolkata: Ministry of civil aviation director Tanvi Sundriyan encountered a wave of anger from passengers affected by flight cancellations, refund issues, and baggage delays during the IndiGo Airlines fiasco at Kolkata airport last week. She ordered airline officials to ...

    10 December 2025 Times of India
    DGCA, too, culpable, say flyers and pilots

    Kolkata: Even as IndiGo Airlines operations showed signs of stabilisation and recovery from the crash landing last week, flyers who faced harassment, as well as a pilot body, began questioning the oversight on the part of the regulator Directorate ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    EC drops plan to set up polling booths at housing complexes

    Kolkata: The EC has cancelled its plan to set up polling stations in residential complexes, a commission official said on Monday. Explaining the reasons for the decision, he said: "Firstly, we have got lukewarm responses from the housing complexes. ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Sunny skies, mild temperatures; AQI remains poor

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata began December 9, 2025, with a pleasant and sunny morning, anticipating a comfortable peak ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Didi blames EC bias for SIR ‘hurry’

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday criticized the Election Commission for holding the SIR in such a short duration. "Why must everything be done in such a hurry? Last time, the process took two years. I cannot understand how ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Doctors: Sunali stable, on antispasmodics

    Kolkata: Sunaili Khatun, undergoing treatment at Rampurhat Medical College Hospital, is stable, doctors said on Monday. In her 35th week of pregnancy, Sunali is anaemic and suffering from a hypothyroid problem.She is on antibiotics for a urinary tract infection ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    ‘Another’ Kabir’s phone keeps ringing to reach Bharatpur MLA

    Debra: Trinamool Debra MLA Humayun Kabir has found himself at the centre of a confusion over identity, with 200 calls coming in from across India and even Dubai in mere 48 hours. The callers actually tried to contact Kabir's ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
    Hotel touts target tired flyers at gates

    Kolkata: The turbulence triggered by IndiGo's mass flight cancellations has spilled beyond airport operations into a fresh law-and-order concern. Bike-borne hotel touts are now approaching stranded passengers at the departure forecourt of Kolkata airport.The ongoing disruption has opened the ...

    9 December 2025 Times of India
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